Dipping-tank for shingles.



Patent m. 25, I902.

I. HARVEY.

DIPPING TANK FOB SHINBLES.

(Applicnion fllod Apr. 87. 1901) (No Model.)

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAO HARVEY, OF FORT DODGE, IOlVA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CHARLES E. COLWELL, JOHN E. MULRONEY, AND FRED J. BLAKE, OF FORT DODGE, IOWA;

ANNA M. MULRONEY AND J. R. MUL- RONEY EXECUTORS OF SAID JOHN E. MULRONEY, DECEASED.

DlPPlNG-TA NK FOR SJHING'LES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,059, date d Febrnary 25, 1902. Application filed April 27,1901. Serial No. 57,799. (No model.)

$ or whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ISAAC HARVEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fort Dodge, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, have invented an Apparatus for Dipping Shingles and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide-a simple and effective apparatus which'is par- IO ticularly adapted for the purpose of dipping or staining shingles, whereby to greatly, facilitate the operation of applying paint or stain to lumber of this character and insure an even coat or finish.

Theinvention consists of a tank containing the paint or stain in'which the lumber is dipped, together with certain attachments which remove surplus paint and'insure an even coat, the said attachments comprising an adjustable V-shaped frame suspended in the tank and carrying converging brushes at its lower end, between which the shingles are passed and by which the surplus paint is removed when said shingles are withdrawn.

In the following specification I have entered into a detail description of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters thereon ,which designate the different parts, and what I claim in the construction and combination is more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus for dipping shingles.

3 5 Fig. 2 is an end View. Fig. 3 is a'detail perspective view of the brush-carrying frame. Fig. 4 is a sectional View of the apparatus. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a rubber scraper which is adapted to be used in place of the 40 brushes.

Referring to said drawings, A designates a tank, which is adapted to hold the paint or stain in which the material to be painted is dipped, the said tank being preferably V- 4 5 shaped, as shown, and supported from a frame B, having legs I) at the corners thereof. The end walls of this tank are provided at their upper ends with openings a, in which the thumb-screws at the ends of the brush-car- 5o rying frame pass for supporting said frame in the tank.

C designates the brush-carrying frame, which is trough-shaped, presenting the converging side walls C G, connected'at their lower ends by strap-hinges d and at their upper ends by plates E and E. The plates E and E are attached to the side walls, and their meeting ends slide one upon the other for the purpose of adjusting theframe, being connected by a thumb screw F, passed through an aperture in one plate and a slot in the other. This adjustment is for the purpose of regulating the space between the brushes, hereinafter described, which are carried at, the lower ends of the side walls. The sidewalls are each preferably made up of two parts, as shown, connected by a bindingstrip a, said parts having a space between their lower ends in which are clamped either the rubber scrapers G or the brushes H, being clamped in place by thumb-screws I.

It will be understood that the lower ends of the side pieces 0 C of the brush-carrying frame are separated to permit the shingles to be passed between the same and that the g brushes or scrapers extending on a line with said side pieces converge, so that their lower ends will meet or be slightly separated to remove paint from the shingles as the latter are withdrawn; also, that by adjusting the upper ends of the side pieces laterally by means of the connecting-plates E and E the space between the brushes or scrapers can beregulated to accommodate the thickness of the shingles; v

In the operation of the devices for dipping shinglesthe rubber scrapers G are used to remove the suplus paint in applying the first coat, the said scrapers being clamped in the lower :ends of the side pieces and the latter 0 adjusted to separate the ends of the scrapers to the desired extent. The frame C is then suspended in the tank A by causing the thumb-screws F to engage the openings at, said frame being preferably located in the 5 center of the tank, though it may be disposed against one side of the same. The device being ready for use, a shingle is grasped at its thin end and its other end then passes down through the frame 0 between the scrapers ICC and into the paint contained in the tank A. The shingle is then withdrawn and the surplus paint is removed therefrom by the scrapers. In applying a second coat I prefer to use brushes II in place of the scrapers in order to give a better finish to the painted surface. T 1e brushes are clamped in the lower ends of the side pieces of the frame C after the scrapers have been removed, and the space between their ends is regulated by adjusting the connecting-plates.

Having thus described my invention, I do not wish to be limited to what is herein particularly shown and described, for it will be understood that other means may be employed for adjusting the trough-shaped frame which carries the scrapers and brushes and that the manner of attaching said brushes and scrapers could be changed without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an apparatus fordipping shingles, the combination with a tank, of a V-shaped frame comprising side pieces hinged together at their lower ends, brushes at the lower ends of said side pieces, and means for adjusting the upper ends of the side pieces to adjust the brushes with respect to each other, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an apparatus fordipping shingles, the combination with a tank, of a frame comprising side pieces hinged together at their lower ends, brushes attached to the lower ends of said side pieces, and adjustable connections between the upper ends of the side pieces, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an apparatus for dipping shingles, the

eeaeae combination with a tank, of a V-shaped frame hinged together at its lower end, brushes attached to the lower ends of said frame, plates connecting the upper ends of the frame and slidable upon each other, and means forsecuring the plates, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In an apparatus for dipping shingles, the combination, of a tank, a V'shaped frame hinged together at its lower ends, means for adjustably connecting the upper ends of said frame, and brushes removably secured to the lower ends of the frame, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

5. In an apparatus for dipping shingles, the combination, of a tank, a V-shaped frame hinged together at its lower end, brushes secured to the lower endsof said frame, plates connecting the upper ends of the frame and slidable upon each other, and a thumb-screw connecting the plates, one of said plates having a slot through which the thumb-screw passes, substantially as shown and described.

6. In an apparatus fordipping shingles, the combination with a tank, of a V-shaped frame comprising side pieces hinged together at their lower ends, clamping-jaws at the lower ends of said side pieces, brushes clamped in the jaws at the lower ends of the side pieces, and means for adj ustably connecting the upper ends of the side pieces to adjust the brushes to and from each other, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC HARVEY. Witnesses:

F. J. BLAKE,

A. M. JonNsoN. 

